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Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun's wet nurse might have been his sister
Archaeologists believe Maia, Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun’s wet nurse, may have actually been his sister Meritaten. Related: Tomb raiders: what treasures could lurk inside Egypt’s lost chambers? On...
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Chris Weigant: Goodbye Lindsey, And The Hillary Doctrine
Today’s article has two separate and unrelated parts, I should begin by saying. The first looks at the Republican presidential nomination race, and the second concerns Hillary Clinton and foreign...
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Norman Foster's Cairo redevelopment has locals asking: where do we fit in?
A stone’s throw from the River Nile, nestled deep within a labyrinthine tangle of narrow alleyways, bustling coffee shops and peeling paintwork, Tarek is staring at a phone. The images on the screen...
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Usaama al-Azami: Muslim Scholars and Autocrats (Part I)
Earlier this month, I wrote a long overdue post about the minority of prominent Muslim scholars who have been systematically co-opted as the religious face of autocracy since the beginning of the Arab...
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Thomson halts Sharm el-Sheikh flights until March as security concerns linger
Thomson Airways has extended its cancellation of all flights to Sharm el-Sheikh until at least March 2016, suggesting British holidaymakers will not return to the Egyptian resort for several months....
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A refugee's journey, part 2: After risking everything to reach Europe, what...
Hashem al-Souki is sitting in the little public library in Skinnskatteberg when he hears the bad news. It’s been six months since he arrived in Sweden, six months of purgatory – and he’s still waiting...
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The Automobile Club of Egypt by Alaa al-Aswany review – a country on the...
In the days before Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak was ousted in February 2011, Alaa al-Aswany, dentist, novelist and founder member of the democratic movement Kefaya (“Enough”), was one of the most...
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Terror: after Paris, Tunisia and California, can we stop it spreading?
On a bleak day in November, Annelise Augustyns led her two children to the playground near their home in Brussels. Just over a week before, Islamist militants had killed 130 people and injured many...
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Egyptian expert disputes new theory that Queen Nefertiti is in Tutankhamun's...
“Mr Reeves sold the air to us”, said Mr Hawass during an interview in Cairo. “I confirm that there is nothing at all behind the wall. “He succeeded in saying something exciting – the tomb of Nefertiti...
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Daniel Wagner: Saudi Arabia's Anti-Terror 'Coalition' Is a House of Cards
Earlier this month Saudi Arabia’s young and inexperienced Defense Minister announced a military coalition made up of nearly three dozen mainly Sunni Muslim-majority states, stretching from Morocco to...
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Afrah Nasser: Postcard From Alexandria: Glory to Mahinour
I hesitated very much before writing this piece for what I would write might deprive me from entering Egypt ever again. Egypt is today ranked as the second world’s worst jailer of journalists after...
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Alex Shams: Killing of Mentally Ill Palestinian Swimming Off Gaza Coast...
In the video, a naked young man slowly swims in the ocean, wading his way bit by bit through the waves to reach the other side of an invisible border. He swims further, getting closer to the invisible...
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Domenick Scudera: Stop the Massacre of Stray Animals in Egypt
The images are brutal. Dogs shot in the streets, left to die in pools of their own blood. The new governor of Alexandria in Egypt, on his first day in office, ordered that the streets be culled of...
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British tourists ready to defy terror fears for cheap holidays
The Foreign Office says it does not believe there is “adequate protection for British tourists in Tunisia.” But that has not stopped Thomas Cook advertising holidays to be taken after April 30 to...
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Recession, retrenchment, revolution? Impact of low crude prices on oil powers
A glut of oil, the demise of Opec and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing oil prices. The cost of crude fell to levels not seen for 11 years – and the decline may have...
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E. Nina Rothe: Doesn't Get Better Than This: A Wrap Up of the 2015 Dubai Film...
Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf delights fans on the red carpet at DIFF 2015 Undoubtedly, the Arab world is the epicenter of most news, all the time these days. But unfortunately for my own agenda —...
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Facebook 'disappointed' by shutdown of free internet service in Egypt
Facebook says a programme that had been giving free basic internet services to more than 3 million Egyptians has been shut down. In a statement to the Associated Press on Wednesday, Facebook says it...
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Egypt's president calls for parliament to assemble after three-year hiatus
Egypt’s President has called for the new parliament to convene on 10 January, more than three years after the old Islamist-dominated chamber was dissolved. Egyptians held the second phase of...
View ArticleFirework displays around the world welcome 2016 – video
Major cities around the world see in 2016 with firework displays. Celebrations for the new year can be seen at Edinburgh Castle, Paris’s Champs-Élysées, Berlin’s Brandenurg Gate, Moscow’s Moskva...
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Basma El Baz: What Is It Like to Be an Egyptian Woman?
“Are you repressed by your family? Were you forcefully married? How come you are here in Italy, are you allowed to travel alone?” Meeting different nationalities from all over the world, I get to hear...
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